Ottana () is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality), former bishopric and Latin
titular see
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in the
Province of Nuoro
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It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), t ...
in the
Italian
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region
Sardinia
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, located about north of
Cagliari
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and about southwest of
Nuoro
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.
The town is known for its traditional carnival costumes, including distinctive masks worn by the ''Boes'', ''Merdules'' and ''Filonzana''.
Ottana borders the following municipalities:
Bolotana,
Noragugume,
Olzai,
Orani,
Sarule,
Sedilo.
It is home to the Romanesque church of
San Nicola.
Ecclesiastical history
In 1110 was established a bishopric of Ottana (Italiano) or Othana in Latin.
On 1503.12.08 it was suppressed and its territory reassigned to establish the
Diocese of Alghero.
Residential Ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
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)
;''Bishops of Ottana''
* Giovanni (1116? – ?)
* Ugo (1139? – ?)
* Zaccaria (1170? – ?)
* Ugo (1176? – ?)
* Gregorio (1205? – ?)
* Gonario (1231.06.16 – ?)
* Costantino (1237? – ?)
* Silvestro (1340? – ?)
* Francesco (1344.06.13 – ?)
* Pietro (1349.01.14 – ?)
* Arnaldo Simone (1355.02.13 – ?), previously Bishop of
Butrinto (? – 1355.02.13)
*''uncanonical Giovanni Lavoratore'',
Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (1386.04.16 – ? without papal mandate)
* Domenico (1386.05.26 – ?)
* Giovanni (1388.06.26 – ?)
* Nicola (1389.09.03 – 1400.06.14), later Bishop of
Sorres (1400.06.14 – ?)
*''uncanonical Gerardo di Bisarchio (Gérard de Gisors)'',
Carmelite Order
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(O. Carm.) (1390.11.21 – 1402.08.28), later Bishop of
Bethléem à Clamecy (Burgundy, France) (1402.08.28 – death 1403), neither see under papal mandate
* Biagio (1400.06.14 – ?)
* Simone Mancha,
Vallombrosan Benedictines (O.S.B. Vall.) (1429.02.11 – death 1454)
* Giovanni de Sallinis, O.F.M. (1454.05.31 – 1471.06.17), later Bishop of
Bosa (Italy) (1471.06.17 – death 1484)
* Antonio di Alcala (1472.08.25 – death 1472)
* Gerolamo di Setgi, O.F.M. (1474.09.08 – death 1475)
* Ludovico Camagni, O.F.M. (1481.02.07 – death 1483)
* Domenico di Milia (1483.09.11 – ?)
* Giovanni Perez (1501.07.23 – death 1503)
Titular see
Only in October 2004 it was nominally restored as Latin
Titular bishopric
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of the lowest (Episcopal) rank, named Ottana (in Curiate Italian) or Othana in Latin.
It has had the following incumbents :
* Titular Bishop
Lorenzo Ghizzoni (2006.02.17 – 2012.11.17) as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy) (2006.02.17 – 2012.11.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Ravenna–Cervia (Italy) (2012.11.17 – ...)
* Titular Bishop Piotr Sawczuk (2013.01.19 – ...),
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Siedlce
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The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
(Poland)
References
Source and External links
GCatholic with incumbent bio links
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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